133 years ago, Melbourne Water started transferring water across the city from what is now known as the Maroondah Dam, via a network of aqueducts, now that same structure has evolved into one of the city’s most impressive responsive water supply systems.

A Melbourne Water waterways monitoring program has led to the discovery of a 24-year-old male platypus – the oldest ever recorded in the wild - astounding researchers and biologists.

The first phase of the Maribyrnong River Flood Mitigation Study is starting, and Melbourne Water is calling on local community members to get involved. 

More than 500 volunteer conservation groups across the Port Phillip and Westernport region are eligible to apply for financial support. 

From evaporation to precipitation, the World of Water Interactive Map connects abstract ideas about the water cycle to real places.

"The water we save today is an investment in our future."

"The study will prioritise the safety of the local community and the Lower Maribyrnong River ecosystem."

Constructed in 1937, the 3.5-kilometre-long sewer uses gravity to transport sewage from the Mordialloc catchment area to the South Eastern Trunk Sewer.

“From the water bubbling on the banks and splashing ducks, to birdsong and rustling leaves, the creek is singing again.”

Melbourne’s declining water supplies will be boosted with desalinated water.